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Prof. Mohammed Amidu is the former Head of Department at the Department of Accounting, University of Ghana Business School. He earned his PhD from Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, United Kingdom and both his MPhil and BSc. Administration from University of Ghana Business School, Ghana. He is a researcher with African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and his area of research includes: Banks earnings management, environmental accounting and reporting, corporate governance, corporate tax policy, development finance, banking market structure, regulation and stability. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of VolkswagenStiftung Foundation, Germany and Research Fellow of Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance, St. Andrews University, UK and has also held Visiting Scholar positions at the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC. He is a Chartered Accountant. Prof. Amidu serves on many University Boards and Committee. Prof. Amidu’s publications have appeared in journals such as European Journal of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Accounting Research Journal, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal Risk Finance, Review of Financial Economics and Journal of Africa Business

Sissy, A. M. Amidu, M., and Abor, J.Y (2017) “The effects of revenue diversification and cross border banking on risk and return” Research in International Business and Finance 40, 1-18

Shaibu, I., Harvey, S., and Amidu, M. (2017) The Impact of Monetary policy on Stock Market Performance; Evidence from Twelve African Countries Research in International Business and Finance, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.075

Amidu, M. (2015). Corporate social responsibility in the extractive industry of Ghana: What governance, whose benefits, how sustainable? Selection Conference, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda, 2015